Evidence for topological type-II Weyl semimetal WTe2

Peng Li; Yan Wen; Xin He; Qiang Zhang; Chuan Xia; Zhi-Ming Yu; Shengyuan A. Yang; Zhiyong Zhu; Husam N. Alshareef; Xi-Xiang Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02237-1

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Evidence for topological type-II Weyl semimetal WTe2

Peng Li,
Yan Wen,
Xin He,
Qiang Zhang,
Chuan Xia,
Zhi-Ming Yu,
Shengyuan A. Yang,
Zhiyong Zhu,
Husam N. Alshareef,
Xi-Xiang Zhang

Affiliations

Peng Li: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)
Yan Wen: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)
Xin He: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)
Qiang Zhang: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)
Chuan Xia: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)
Zhi-Ming Yu: Research Laboratory for Quantum Materials, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Shengyuan A. Yang: Research Laboratory for Quantum Materials, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Zhiyong Zhu: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory (KSL)
Husam N. Alshareef: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)
Xi-Xiang Zhang: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02237-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Exotic transport properties of type-II Weyl semimetals have been predicted but are yet to be experimentally evidenced. Here, Li et al. report evidences of an anisotropy of negative magnetoresistance and a quantum oscillation arising from the predicted Weyl orbit in the type-II Weyl semimetal WTe2.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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